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The Taliban weren't a threat to the US, it was just that Osama had been hiding out there. While potentially justified in that war, it hasn't done much to any terrorist network. And the new Afghani government is notably made up of former mujahadeen, Taliban fighters, communists, reformists, and Islamic fundamentalists - so it's not really much of a move in the US's favour.

Iraq was never a threat, the only thing Bush's done there is remove an imaginary threat, and create what the Iraqi government is calling a civil war.

When it comes to Muslim hatred, it's not really suprising given that Bush's policy stances seem almost intentionally slanted against every Arab nation (except Saudi Arabia). I mean, Israel was using cluster bombs and phosporous shells in Lebanon, and who was it that got told off? It's not as if the US has done... oh, anything, to get good will in the Middle East.

And entire books have been written about how the "anti-terror" legislation Bush has passed through has been over the top, and a smokescreen to give the government more power. The Republican party itself stopped him from passing more anti-terror laws just a few days ago.

So who's the enemy? The people who hate you, or the people who make them hate you?